单词 | relievant |
释义 | relievantn. rare. A person who receives relief (relief n.2 5).In quot. 1913 probably after Arber. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > poverty > [noun] > poor person > poor person in receipt of relief almsmanOE beadsman?1529 almswoman1584 relievant1589 almsbasket mana1634 basket-scrambler1647 pensioner1690 pensionary1753 in-pensioner1761 pauper1775 tax-eater1818 colleger1886 soup-kitchener1907 reliefer1934 1589 Est Natura Hominum Nouitatis Auida 2 First 100 Releeuants poore old women, for the most part widowes. 1913 A. Noyes Tales of Mermaid Tavern in Coll. Poems 376 From the Palace the Releevants creep,—A hundred poor old women, nigh their end. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1589 |
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